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Internet Gateway

An Internet Gateway is a horizontally scaled, redundant, and highly available VPC component that allows communication between instances in your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and the internet. It serves as a point of ingress and egress for traffic destined for the internet, as well as managing the translation of private IP addresses to public IPs for outward internet communication. For more detailed information on Internet Gateways, refer to the official AWS documentation.

Terraform Mappings:

  • aws_internet_gateway.id

Supported Methods​

  • GET: Get an internet gateway by ID
  • LIST: List all internet gateways
  • SEARCH: Search internet gateways by ARN

ec2-vpc​

An Internet Gateway is directly associated with a specific Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). It is attached to a VPC to enable instances within the VPC to receive traffic from or send traffic to the internet. Each VPC can have only one Internet Gateway at a time, making it a key component in establishing internet connectivity for resources within your VPC.